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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 12:12 AM        LOL :(
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Glitch Broadcasts Convention Snafu on CNN

1 hour, 16 minutes ago


BOSTON - The Democrats have a balloon problem.

John Kerry (news - web sites) concluded his acceptance speech Friday night, the jubilant convention crowd cheered and the balloons dropped. A few of them. Too few.

"Go balloons," said convention producer Don Mischer, instructing the balloon droppers. "Go balloons. Go balloons!" His voice was becoming increasingly frantic — and it was going out over CNN.

"I don't see anything happening," he said angrily. Unknown to him, CNN was running his name and title across the bottom of the screen.

Long minutes after the place was supposed to be a blizzard of balloons and confetti, Mischer was still shouting that it wasn't happening, at least it wasn't right. Viewers saw a lot of balloons, in fact, and Kerry, family members and delegates happily batted them around. But nothing like the 100,000 that had been supposed to cascade down.

At one point Mischer used a profanity to rebuke his balloon-dropping crew. CNN was still broadcasting his voice.

Finally, they all showered down. And Mischer's unhappy moment of TV fame was over.

His stage instructions were available to all major media covering the convention during the week — for their guidance, not for broadcast.

Stephen Jewett, a DNC official involved in podium operations, said there was no malfunction with the balloon drop. The balloons were timed to come down slowly, he said, making "for a longer ending, which was nice."
Was anybody else watching when he said "What the fuck are you guys doing up there?"
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 12:21 AM       
I can't believe I missed that. I should watch the news more.
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 12:49 AM       
It's funny, because I watch CNN maybe once a year. I just happened to be watching it when he said that.
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 07:34 AM       
I switched over to the daily show and missed it.
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 08:15 AM       
I heard it but had no idea why it was said.
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 09:58 AM       
Only in America would people care about this. :/

I bet the FCC will get involved now.
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 11:02 AM       
Kerry is toast!
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Old Jul 30th, 2004, 06:57 PM       
lol they played the entire speech and the other guy over the Radio
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